What To Watch This Weekend: Stream Our Top 7 TV and Movie Picks (April 14–20)

The Dark Money Game | HBO, Max | Documentary series

Limited series premiere, Tuesday and Wednesday, April 15–16, 9:00 p.m. ET: In this two-part documentary series, prolific Academy and Emmy Award–winning documentarian Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side, Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief) examines dark money donations in the American political system. (And not a moment too soon, amirite?) The first part airs live on HBO tonight, with the second part following tomorrow night. Or you can stream both parts on Max as of today.

Government Cheese | Apple TV+ | Comedy

Series premiere, Wednesday, April 16: Set in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles circa 1969, Government Cheese follows smash-and-grab specialist Hampton Chambers (David Oyelowo). Fresh out of prison and excited to rejoin his family and society, Hampton has big plans, big debt, and a wife and two sons who aren’t the family unit they used to be. Now, everybody’s in for a wild ride. Four of 10 episodes stream today, with the rest coming weekly.

#1 Happy Family USA | Prime Video | Adult animation, comedy

Series premiere, Thursday, April 17: From comedian Ramy Youssef (Ramy, Poor Things, co-creator of Mo) and Pam Brady (South Park) comes this adult animated series about a patriotic Muslim family trying to live peacefully in America not long after 9/11. Nope, this isn’t a thriller. It’s an absurdist satire where the Hussein family’s mere existence freaks out their neighbors: ‘Murricans of a certain persuasion. Youssef voices family patriarch Hussein Hussein, leading a cast that includes Alia Shawkat (Arrested Development), Timothy Olyphant (Justified), Mandy Moore, and, uh … more. You can stream all eight episodes on Prime Video starting April 17.

Law & Order: Organized Crime | Peacock | Drama

Season 5 premiere, Thursday, April 17: For its fifth season, Law & Order: Disorganized Crime (a spinoff of Law & Order: SVU, from Dick Wolf’s ever-expanding Law & Order universe), moves from NBC to Peacock. Story-wise, expect to see Det. Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) contend with smugglers, cyber-terrorists, and the Mob family he’s pissed off in previous seasons. Two episodes stream today, while the premiere episode airs live on NBC at 10:00 p.m. ET—perhaps to entice people to sign up for Peacock. Subsequent episodes will hit the streaming service weekly.

Dead Mail | Shudder | Horror

Movie, Friday, April 18: In what looks like a cross between VHS-era horror and a shot-on-video (SOV) masterpiece from the 1980s and ‘90s (and set in the former decade), a kidnapping victim crawls his way to a mailbox, depositing a bloodstained SOS note before his captor can catch up to him. The messy missive finds its way to the US Postal Service’s ace dead letter guy, who tries to track down its source and free its author.

The Rehearsal | HBO, Max | Comedy

Season 2 premiere, Sunday, April 20, 10:30 p.m. ET: Three years after its last episode aired, Nathan Fielder’s critically acclaimed mocku-series returns to HBO for a second season. Expect more of the deliriously cringey same, with Fielder putting his team and resources to work for regular folks with big problems involving romance, politics, and animal experimentation (on Fielder, tho). The premiere episode follows The Righteous Gemstones tonight, then five more episodes air weekly until Sunday, May 25.